Anyone who gave up on dry January after the first day will probably want to throw things at me by the end of this update because today I'm going to be all inspired and happy about my productive January!
But if it makes you feel better, I completely failed at giving up chocolate this month. In fact, I failed so hard that my local cafe began giving me free chocolate truffles as a thank you for ordering so many on a daily basis. Maybe it's ok to fail sometimes...

This is a tropical archipelago boasting live, lava-spewing volcanoes, it’s a place where cannibals feasted on eager missionaries until fairly recently, where dugongs casually snuffle along the ocean bed, and where the local tribesmen demonstrate their masculinity by bungee jumping, naked, from a scaffold with only a vine tied around their ankles.

New year's eve in Reykjavik is like no where else on earth. The city has an appetite for fireworks that can't be fathomed unless you witness it in real life. Here's a little taster of what went on all night long in all the neighbourhoods of Iceland. Happy 2018!